Wallagrass, Aroostook County
County · Organized · Reorganized · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Aroostook County (set off from Hancock County to Penobscot County in 1816, to Aroostook County in 1843)
Organized
1840 as Hancock Plantation for election purposes, together with the township later New Canada
Reorganized
1859 from part of Hancock Plantation as Walagrass Plantation; organized 1863 for the assessment of taxes; organization confirmed and made valid, and name changed to Wallagrass Plantation in 1863, and again in 1870; organized for the assessment of taxes in 1871
Incorporated
1979 as the town of Wallagrass
Previous Designations
Township No. 17, Seventh Range West of the Easterly Line of the State (T17 R7 WELS)
Villages, Locations and Settlements
Belanger Settlement, Daigle (former railroad station), Labby, Michaud (former railroad station), Plourde Mill, Soldier Pond, Sutton (former railroad station), Wallagrass, Wallagrass Station
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Eagle Lake, Fort Kent, New Canada, St. John Plantation
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Wallagrass
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Wallagrass Plantation
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Wallagrass, Aroostook, Maine
Maine Memory Network: Soldier Pond
Bibliography
Stadig, Rita B., The St. John Valley story and the Wallagrass story ([Soldier Pond : R. Stadig], c1989)
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